The burkett Surname
burkett Name Meaning and History
- English: from an Old English personal name, Burgheard, composed of the elements burh, burg ‘fort’ (see Burke) + heard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’. The name was reintroduced into Middle English by the Normans in the forms Bou(r)chart, Bocard. In the form Burkhard it was a very popular medieval German name. There has been considerable confusion between this English surname and Birkett.
- Perhaps also a variant of German Burkhart.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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